A metric riddle is:
Q: What has a foot, but no leg?
A: A ruler.
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2014.
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Agustina
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what has a foot
but no leg? a ruler!
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Leo
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Replying to @litzoul
@Louis_Tomlinson what has a foot but no leg?
a ruler
1:20 AM · Jul 19, 2014·Twitter for Android
Google Books
Belly Laugh Riddles and Puns for Kids:
350 Hilarious Riddles and Puns
By Sky Pony Editors
New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing
2016
Pg. ?:
Q: What has a foot but no leg?
A: A ruler.
2 February 2016, Today show (NBC TV):
HODA KOTB: What has a foot but no leg?
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD: So the answer is, a ruler.
HODA KOTB: A ruler.
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD: We thought maybe it’s a ruler or a—
HODA KOTB: Or a bed.
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD: No, but a bed has a foot, too. So—
HODA KOTB: Right.
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD: Maybe a hot dog, a foot-long hot dog.
HODA KOTB: Wait, but a bed has a foot, but no legs if it’s on the ground.
Google Books
Actually. Best. Jokes. Ever.:
Joke Book for Kids
By Chantelle Grace
Racine, WA: BroadStreet Kids
2017
Pg. ?:
I have a foot but no leg.
What am I?
A ruler.
Google Books
Topsy-Turvy Tongue Twisters and More
San Diego, CA: Silver Dolphin Books
2019
Pg. 200:
What has a foot but no leg?
A ruler.
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Keith E Sibley
April 15, 2021 at 11:08 AM ·
Riddle of the Day
What has a foot but no leg? A ruler.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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